We want to thank all who have helped to build PeopleWithMS and those who are keeping
it going. You know who you are. PeopleWithMS
is a very special online family, that we can all depend on when we need
to share good times and bad times. There is no other MS
chat quite like ours, so if you fit, you know it. We'll drop everything
to help the Newly Diagnosed. However, we don't talk endlessly
about MS
all day and
night. Support is a whole lot more than the specifics of MS itself.
Sure, there are times somebody is down and just needs cheering
up. On the more positive side of life, there has to be some fun
and less serious diversions.To that end . . . . .

We
have resumed all of our nightly specials like Happy Hour, Trivia Tuesdays & Thursdays, Wednesday Woman's Chat, Friday Night Music TriviaandPrayer Chat after a holiday break.
Please join us. Sunday night is open for any special any ideas anyone might have. What would you like to do ?

We opened an Inspiration Room. Please stop by and give it a read. We leave thoughts for the day, as well as candles and prayer for anyone
who needs them.

Chat weekends daytime can be really slow. We see many
come in and go right back out, though a revolving door, missing each other by minutes. If you come in, stay around a while. Are you
are home weekends ? Want to get your name in lights ? Host your own weekly chat! Contact Norma or Bobbygene.

Late Nighter Chat
There has been a lot more late night chat action even to 3 -4 AM
EST. And EarlyBird action at 6-7 AM. So join us whenever
you are up ! The sleep fairy has been cutting back on the flyby
activity due to the economic downturn. Some of our homes are only
being visited every-other-night, others not at all ! ! !

I was diagnosed with RRMS in 1997. I worked as a processing
supervisor in a commodities yard from 1980 to 1988. Took the whole
year of 1989 off to ponder my predicament. Started driving a cab in
1990 and started an AUTOCAD class in 1993. After the class was over
I finally got a job as a detailer at an engineering firm in Feb
1995. Was promoted to Designer in Oct. 1995. Quit driving cab in FEB
1995. Ultimately ending up at DANA CORP in Jan 1998. Lost that job
in April 2001. The official reason was I was let go for making
threats against a co worker. I was working on the PDGS cad system
and training a 20 year old to use the system while I was taking
classes for the SDRC cad system. (more
)

LINDA

Coordinators
of Room Administrators

Linda-NV & AILEEN are
coordinating all Room Administrators Please contact them with any
problems. They may make some suggestions about how to be a more
effective Room Administrator. Work with them they have some very good
ideas. We need Team work! They will help with anything she can when it
comes to helping others in chat.

Norma & Bobby Gene are
coordinating chats.
Please contact them for any changes. All you have to do is look at the
schedule for and
find a place that
fits when hosting is good for you. If somebody is
already hosting
then, pop in to support them, and let them know you'll back-up, or
buddy host
with them. Just let one of them know what
choose!

The Chat Schedule breaks things down by day,
and show
the equivalent times in different time zones. Hopefully this
will make it
a bit clearer how an Eastern Standard Time relates to your personal
timezone or
country.

Reading the schedule is easy:
Just click on the day of the week to jump down. and then look
down from your local time zone on top
to the time you are interested in => bold times are when hosts
have volunteered to be present.

Knowing someone is available to provide support at dependable, specific
local
times makes a chat more successful.

Please, if you go in chat and
a host does not answer you right away, please wait, Our hosts
do a 2 hours stretch and need
bathroom time and coffee time. So if they're away right at
the sec you
arrive, be patient, they will come back.

In
November of 07, I lost consciousness and was in a coma for 3 days,
then was told I had a stroke.I was hospitalized for one month.
Upon release I was able to walk 3-4 miles before tiring, and MS
had not been diagnosed as of yet, I was able to take buses around and
for a shot period i seemed to be recovering nicely, I was able to shop
for myself etc. Then the falling, freezing of the legs began. around
February of 08 i was given the MS diagnosis, and that i would be able
to live a somewhat normal life using copaxone. Relapsing/remitting was
the call, these last 6 months it seems to relapse only. Yesterday the
MRIs shown no progression of lesions and yet my condition grows
worse. The spinal MRI shows 2 compressed discs narrowing my
spinal cord and I will be seen at the spine center soon. My
strongest ally is my hope as i am fortunate to live in San Francisco
close to the bio tech center of the country, We have many stem cell
research centers, and UCSF hospital has all the latest meds. To me
hope, good doctors, and hope keep me going, as well as this site. (more)

FancyKim

My
name is Kim. I live in the Buffalo NY area. Was DX in
2004 after 14 years in limbo. First Sx was On. Went blind in left eye
for a month. Doc never said a thing about MS. FancyKim

Leo

I am like a nut that
fell from the MS Tree and planted myself in the PeopleWithMS dirt and
now I am growing strong. (more)

PWMS
Welcomes!

Please,
we
have issued an All Points Bulletin for any new chatters
! Come in, ask them to send us their e-mail
addresses at PWMS@PeopleWithMS.com
; it is the only way we can send them out our weekly
newsletter. Also, let them know about your stories and
pictures, and perhaps ask if they'd like to submit one.! A great way to
get instant recognition, by appearing in the newsletter. Most
of us love to know more about each other and see who we chat with. When
no one is here and a new MSER comes in and reads our stories and poems
it helps to read and see how MSers deal with life.

Happy Hour! Our hosts with the mostest! Deena &
Boomer

Monday 8-9PM EST

Bring a joke relax have a drink start your week with fun! This will
be held in our Happy Hour Room.!

MONDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR

We want to give you all an invite.
To Boomers and Deenas Monday Happy Hour Night.
No subject within reason is taboo here.
Just a little warning now to beware.
Come on in, come on have no care.
And this really is no joke.
We aim to give your week a big poke.
To give you the right attitude.
So you can master all that you must do.

Woman's night & Men's
night!

Wednesday's we have Woman's chat in our WOMAN'S
ROOM !

Come on bring a Topic! Some
weeks we have a guest speaker!

We do this
for one hour from 8PM till 9PM EST. If anyone wants to stay in the woman's
room for longer, feel free to stay. We have had such a great
time it seems for some it's not long enough. Then we rejoin in the
main chat room as always.

BobbyGene
has pastoral training with the Assembly of God and has offered to host
a chat broadly oriented towards prayer as a support method.
As he has stated, "In my training I've had to learn the in's
and outs of many various religions and I believe we could keep the
focus on support and prayer when needed."

We
are providing a special interest room for
those interested in prayer of whatever fashion, and focussed discussion
of prayer as a support mechanism by those so inclined.

In a flat bowl, layer tomatoes, basil, cheese and onion. Repeat until all gone.
Generously salt and pepper the tomato layer. Drizzle salad with the oil and
vinegar mix and let stand for 30 minutes before serving.

Deb !

No Bake
Cookies

Ingredients
1 stick butter

1/2 cup regular milk "not 2%"

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 cups sugar

Directions
cook on medium heat in sauce pan stirring constantly until boiling. Then remove
from heat. add quickly one at a time

1/3 cup peanut butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 cups (1 minute) oatmeal

drop mixture by spoon onto wax paper that's on a cookie sheet. After filling up
cookies on the wax paper covered cookie sheet set in refrigerator for about an
hour to an hour and a half to let harden. Keep refrigerated any leftovers until
all is used up.

It tells you how many hours and how many seconds you have been alive on
this earth and when you were probably conceived. How cool is that? This
is cool. After you've finished reading the info, click again, and see
what the moon looked like the night you were born. This is neat. Who
says our time clocks aren't ticking....

If
anyone wants to host a chat Birthday Party, we provide the room, we
clean up! We all have birthdays, some have
Anniversary's. Help make a friend feel very important. We are
all important in chat! Throw a
surprise party for a chat buddy. Thank your best friend for being there
for
you! He or she deserves a party!

If
your birthday is not on our list please tell Linda when in chat! Linda
has been really helping with getting this all organized.

One
evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on
inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two
“wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy,
jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pitty, guilt,
resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and
faith.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked
his grandfather, “Which wolf wins???” The old Cherokee simply
replied, “The one you feed.”

Vickie aka Torri is selling Avon,
Tupperware, Candles.
If you need something along this line, click on an image below to help
her out....

Mike has created his own special
version of a PeopleWithMS Video on Youtube. Click the image to
the left to hop on over and check it out ! ! !

Linda-NV
has created a fantastic
new
video featuring many of your favorite PeopleWithMS chatters.
Download the video to see all your friends in action at:
ftp://ftp.peoplewithms.com/PWMS.wmv

(To save,
right click the link and " Save
As " to put it in some memorable place like your ' My
Received Files ' folder. If your computer, at
that moment, helpfully offers the choice to 'Save
or Open', you can probably open it with a program like
Windows Media Player, Real Player, or something similar and play the
video directly. If you want to save it for posterity, open
whatever program you have that can play videos, and navigate to your
Documents & Settings, My Documents, My Received Files folder to
play the video you saved.)

I woke up one morning.
And without warning.
I was just so afraid.
I turned to God and prayed.
I asked him why why why.
Cause all I wanna do is cry.
All I think is now I'm gonna die.
No answers do I get.
No decisions are met.
This all makes me so uneasy.
That my stomach gets very queasy.
For I am just so sure.
That they'll never be a cure..
Lord I need you're tender care.
To make me more aware.
That you will be always there.
Never far but always near.
That all the uncertainties that I'll face.
Will be meant with your loving grace.
Calm my fears so I'll always know.
Your loving arms around me will go.
That calm soothing healing voice I'll hear.
A whispering in my ear.
Come to me, come to me at your darkest hour.
To feel faith's everlasting healing power.
And that is why Lord I'll always believe.
That no matter what happens you will never leave.

THANKS, BOOMER

A twitch in my hand or a
tingle in my toes

what happens next nobody
knows.

Sometimes we can't remember
what we want to say

but we have to carry on
from day to day.

The pain we all endure is
hard to comprehend

and all we can do is pray
for a cure to make the pain end.

Fear of the unknown is
always there

and the feelings that some
people just don't care.

People can't see what we
feel

and some even say it's not
even real.

The sadness comes and
strangles your heart

and makes the next day hard
to start.

But don't give up hope
there's always tomorrow

and don't give in to the
heartache and sorrow.

We have to believe there's
an end in sight

and for our health we'll
continue to fight.

Written by Terri House

Find ME.

Find me beneath all these outward things you see,
Look deep within my heart and soul and tell me now do
you see me?
Don't stare at my w/c, or cane, or walker, or braces
that I have to use to walk,
They don't have feelings that can be felt nor can they
even talk.
Look at the smile on my face that I wear proudly
everyday,
Stop and talk to me not act like im not there and
stare while you walk away.
M.S. isn't something that I asked for or did anything
wrong to end up with,
Nor would I wrap it up with a pretty bow to give to
you as a gift,
Is it really that hard to see I'm the same as you and
have feelings to?
Surprising isn't it that even with M.S. I still have
needs, wants, hopes, and dreams to.
All I'm asking is to not look at the stigmatism
society has placed on me because of my disabilities,
Look past the disabilities, Look Inside my heart and
soul and Please Find ME.....

Our objective is to
provide an informal,
supportive site for
people seeking on-line information about Multiple
Sclerosis. We
aren't doctors, we aren't experts. We just live it
everyday. We
formed this site to share what we have learned, provide a focal point
for
exchange of information, and give back to the
community.

Support is a very big
word when it comes to
MS. Doctors
can only tell you so much during an office visit. Leaving
unanswered
questions, concerns and issues. People with any disease can
often
learn
best from each other. To this end we provide a chat forum to
share
information and suggestions, posting of the latest news, and links to
authoritative sources of information.

There are many
informative sites out
there. Visit them
all! You can never have enough information. We
do not intend to compete with any other sites.
Like coffee
shops,
each has it's own unique atmosphere and clientele. There can
never be
enough of them.

Our
chat is open for
anything that
has to do with MS. Some topics are not pleasant. But need to be talked
about. If
you have a problem, no matter what it is, chances are there is someone
in chat
that can help you. The one thing that PWMS will not accept is being
laughed at
for any MS problem. We expect all chatters to be considerate of
others.

We
have appointed Linda-NV & Aileen as the RA Coordinators.
Our current list of room
administrators is:Aileen, Bette42, Cookie,
Debby, Linda-NV, Norma, Soporific,
BobbyGene, JackIL, and Sumo58. All host at scheduled times
and frequently chat off-hosting hours as
well. They can
help you if you need help.

Chat Etiquette
Reminder

Please make a
point to welcome any new chatter that comes in our room.
Introduce yourself. Don't just be a bump on a log!
Ask if there is anything special they
want to ask
about, know about. Don't ignore the new chatter.
Offer them coffee
and a muffin. Make them feel at home. Don't keep
chattering about
peripheral MS stuff, or off-topic stuff, and ignore a newcomer.

Also
keep in mind that Laws and
Health Care options also vary widely both within countries and across
the
globe. So be sensitive to the personal situations and
tribulations
chatters face. Don't rub in how great things are for
you.

Between
the laughs, a serious
note:We are a support
chat. With that said, we can only help by listening; none of us are
professionals.
In our years of chatting with MSers online, one of the most common
problems is
depression. This is a very serious problem. We do feel
sometimes
just being a
good friend, listening, and kidding around can help. And
sometimes
is just the right thing to turn
the a bad mood around. But when things just don't appear to
be
getting any better in
a reasonable amount of time, and chat is just a temporary fix, it is
time to get professional help. Many times it's as simple as a
medication change. Or something else.

So,
About Our Chat: We
try to maintain a positive, upbeat attitude. We may have MS,
but
MS doesn't have us. It's not the focal point of our existence,
it's just one part. So if there's a problem, no need
to moan
and groan - it just needs solving. Go over it,
around
it, blow it up, or joke about it. We won't ignore
somebody's
problem because it's gross, unseemly, or offends somebody else's
sensibilities. We'll help figure out a solution. If
somebody want's to wallow in their problem, we're not going to be too
sympathetic.